<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The idea of the Scheldestroom began when the three Paulusse bros, returned from the 1900 'Paris Exposition Universelle '.</p><p>Excited and repurposed-coinciding with the van Aalst sisters homecoming from their two years of work experience in London. The residues</p><p>of their experiences made them visionaries innovators, entrepreneurs and critical thinkers devising their futures for the next 100 years.</p><p>The klipper Scheldestroom is the embodiment of the Twentieth century. Launched in 1910, it sailed through the conflicts of a century of challenges, opportunities and human life transitions. A work of nonfiction yet a historical thriller, not told or written by academics but by extraordinary humble people, grounded in hundreds of letters postcards, cargo manifests and oral interviews and anecdotes.</p>